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20110704

Lights Across the St. Lawrence

8" X 10"oil on gessoed BFK, mounted on panel.
The scene at twilight--beautiful even though that glow is from an oil refinery. The park in the foreground is a famous commemorative site, Plains of Abraham, where the Battle of Québec took place in 1759.

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings.

George Tooker

If you draw, the world becomes more beautiful, far more beautiful. Trees that used to be just scrub suddenly reveal their form. Animals that were ugly make you see their beauty. If you go for a walk, you'll be amazed how different everything can look. Less and less is ugly if every day you recognize beautiful forms in ugliness and learn to love them.